With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more.




Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
The Los Angeles Issue

The Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers
The blues-rock duo sifts through wreckage in search of meaning and growth on their 13th album only to come up with answers that are every bit as pat and saccharine as the title suggests.

JID, God Does Like Ugly
After 15 years of writing and developing verses, the Dreamville rapper has become a master of the form on his fourth album as he finds resolution and comes to recognize his purpose.

Cory Hanson, I Love People
The Wand frontman’s fourth solo outing confronts American grift culture with hope and a communal spirit, as his backing players seem to prevent him from turning inward and catastrophizing.
Will Schube

The LA-based songwriter will return to his hometown in Rhode Island for a Newport Folk Festival gig this Saturday.

The Brooklyn band’s new LP will arrive on September 19.

The project will be released on September 26 via Stones Throw.

Set for November 1 in San Diego, the single-day event will also feature Deafheaven, 2hollis, Glare, and, of course, Deftones themselves.

The follow-up to their 2020 collaboration will arrive on July 25.

First single “This Is the Killer Speaking” is out now.

The OST will arrive on September 19 via Interscope.

Ahead of the new album, Dev Hynes drops “Mind Loaded” and “Somewhere in Between”—the former featuring vocals from Caroline Polachek, Lorde, and Mustafa.

The iconic songwriter and former Led Zeppelin frontman’s new album will be released on September 26 via Nonesuch Records.

The songwriter’s third LP will arrive on October 17 via Stones Throw Records.

The punk icons will be joined by Lunachicks and CSS at The Belasco on October 3.

The new album from Mr. Talking Head himself will arrive on September 5 via Matador.

The singer’s The Brightest Silver Fish LP will arrive on September 12.

The band’s Stephen Malkmus–produced fifth LP will arrive on September 12 via Sub Pop.

Nathaniel Rateliff, Joy Oladokun, Allison Russell, and more are also set to perform at the three-day event at Pappy & Harriet’s.

The Black Crowes and Neon Trees have also been announced as draws for the November car culture event held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The new album marks the first of three new records from the band to be shared over the next 18 months.

The indie-pop songwriter and former Death Cab for Cutie member/producer extraordinaire discuss how collaboration helped snap The Yips into focus.

The Austin band’s debut will arrive on September 12 via Third Man Records.

The 15th edition of the Raleigh fest is set for the weekend of September 4.